Installing mcrypt extension on CentOS 6

Question

I am trying to install the mcrypt extension on my CentOS 6 VPS. I have done the EPEL rpm and then updated everything. Now, I keep getting this error and I've also installed php-api.

[root@vps ~]# yum -y install php-mcrypt
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.raystedman.net
 * epel: mirror.oss.ou.edu
 * extras: mirror.teklinks.com
 * updates: bay.uchicago.edu
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php-mcrypt.x86_64 0:5.1.6-5.el5 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: php-api = 20041225 for package: php-mcrypt-5.1.6-5.el5.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: php-mcrypt-5.1.6-5.el5.x86_64 (epel)
           Requires: php-api = 20041225
           Installed: php-common-5.3.3-23.el6_4.x86_64 (@updates)
               php-api = 20090626
           Available: php-common-5.3.3-22.el6.x86_64 (base)
               php-api = 20090626
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

AmI skipping/missing something important? Please don't down vote this.

Thank you!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '13 at 06:59

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You installed the wrong EPEL RPM.

You are running CentOS 6, but you installed the epel-release RPM for EPEL 5.

Remove it and install the RPM for EPEL 6.

answered Sep 30 '13 at 06:59

Michael Hampton

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When trying wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm then doing yum install epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm it throws this error at me: Setting up Install Process Examining epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm: epel-release-6-8.noarch epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm: does not update installed package. Error: Nothing to do – Tyler James Sep 30 '13 at 07:21
You didn't remove the existing package first, as I already said. – Michael Hampton Sep 30 '13 at 07:23
http://i.imgur.com/H0dC3wt.png – Tyler James Sep 30 '13 at 07:25
That image says nothing about whether you removed the old `epel-release` package. – Michael Hampton Sep 30 '13 at 07:27
Am I installing EPEL 6-8? – Tyler James Sep 30 '13 at 07:41
Yes, but only after you remove the old package. – Michael Hampton Sep 30 '13 at 08:02

Installing mcrypt extension on CentOS 6

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